Wellington Boone
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Wellington Boone is an American
evangelical Christian leader, church planter, and author.
In 1983 he incorporated the Living Word Evangelistic Association and with the encouragement of his leaders he later changed the name to Wellington Boone Ministries. His first church that is still in existence and under his covering is Manna Christian Fellowship of Richmond, Virginia which was incorporated in 1985.
Wellington Boone has been a host and guest on popular Christian television networks such as CBN and TBN as well as a nationally recognized platform speaker for Promise Keepers
, Focus on the Family
, American Association of Christian Counselors
http://www.aacc.net/ and the Family Research Council
. He has also served on many national boards including the board of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
http://www.ecfa.org/ and currently is on the Board of Regents at Regent University
.
He founded the Network of Politically Active Christians (N.P.A.C.)http://www.wellingtonboone.com/about/npac.htm with headquarters in Washington, DC, Kingmaker Women, The Fellowship of International Churches http://www.wellingtonboone.com/about/foic.htm, Goshen International http://www.goshenintl.org/ which has started learning centers in South Africa
for Black African and multiracial
children and Global Outreach Campus Ministries http://gocm.org.
He is the founder and Senior Pastor of The Father’s House Church http://www.wellingtonboone.com/tfh.htm in Atlanta, Georgia
and international Senior Prelate
of the Fellowship of International Churches. The Fellowship of International Churches was started in 1994 when the founding pastors conferred on Pastor Boone the title of Bishop.
Wellington Boone is the author of the popular Christian books: "Your Wife Is Not Your Momma", "Breaking Through", "My Journey With God" and "The Low Road to New Heights".
. The black community must stop criticizing Uncle Tom. He is a role model." Pastor Boone has also expressed an unconventional view of African-American slavery
in the United States writing "I believe that slavery, and the understanding of it when you see it God's way, was redemptive."
He has particularly been critical of those sympathetic to the Gay Rights Movement for comparisons between the Gay Rights Movement and the African-American Civil Rights Movement
http://www.wellingtonboone.com/about/interviews/gaymarriage700club.htm. He called it the "Rape of the Civil Rights Movement" http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Wellington_Boone_040704.aspx
Boone has made a number of controversial statements that some deemed to be critical of homosexuals, supposing that he called them "faggots" and "sissies" at the 2006 Values Voter Conference, however the actual transcript reveals that his context was entirely about "people who don't stand up for principles." He challenges all men everywhere to stand up for what they believe in, and not use intimidation and coercion to force their views on others (which it appears that he feels that many gays do).
He was one of 86 prominent evangelicals to urge action on global warming http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/national/08warm.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print.
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evangelical Christian leader, church planter, and author.
History
Boone was ordained into ministry in 1973 where began his ministry with Word of Faith seminars, and soon established churches in Ettrick and Richmond, Virginia, that had a strong outreach to student athletes and Historically Black and other college campuses.In 1983 he incorporated the Living Word Evangelistic Association and with the encouragement of his leaders he later changed the name to Wellington Boone Ministries. His first church that is still in existence and under his covering is Manna Christian Fellowship of Richmond, Virginia which was incorporated in 1985.
Wellington Boone has been a host and guest on popular Christian television networks such as CBN and TBN as well as a nationally recognized platform speaker for Promise Keepers
Promise Keepers
Promise Keepers is an international conservative Christian organization for men. While it originated in the United States, it is now world-wide...
, Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family is an American evangelical Christian tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 1977 by psychologist James Dobson, and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations that rose to prominence in the 1980s...
, American Association of Christian Counselors
American Association of Christian Counselors
The American Association of Christian Counselors is the largest organization of Christian counselors in the world.-Overview:It is headquartered in Forest, Virginia, USA. AACC, as it is often called, creates the largest gathering of Christian counselors once per year in North America with annual...
http://www.aacc.net/ and the Family Research Council
Family Research Council
The Family Research Council is a conservative or right-wing Christian group and lobbying organization formed in the United States in 1981 by James Dobson. It was fully incorporated in 1983...
. He has also served on many national boards including the board of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is an accreditation agency to promote fiscal integrity and sound financial practices among member organizations. Founded in 1979, it comprises over 2,000 evangelical Christian organizations which qualify for tax-exempt, nonprofit status and...
http://www.ecfa.org/ and currently is on the Board of Regents at Regent University
Regent University
Regent University is a private coeducational interdenominational Christian university located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school was founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978 as Christian Broadcasting Network University. A satellite campus located in...
.
He founded the Network of Politically Active Christians (N.P.A.C.)http://www.wellingtonboone.com/about/npac.htm with headquarters in Washington, DC, Kingmaker Women, The Fellowship of International Churches http://www.wellingtonboone.com/about/foic.htm, Goshen International http://www.goshenintl.org/ which has started learning centers in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
for Black African and multiracial
Multiracial
The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from multiple races. Unlike the term biracial, which often is only used to refer to having parents or grandparents of two different races, the term multiracial may encompass biracial people but can also include people with...
children and Global Outreach Campus Ministries http://gocm.org.
He is the founder and Senior Pastor of The Father’s House Church http://www.wellingtonboone.com/tfh.htm in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
and international Senior Prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
of the Fellowship of International Churches. The Fellowship of International Churches was started in 1994 when the founding pastors conferred on Pastor Boone the title of Bishop.
Wellington Boone is the author of the popular Christian books: "Your Wife Is Not Your Momma", "Breaking Through", "My Journey With God" and "The Low Road to New Heights".
Controversy
Wellington Boone has said that black Americans are suffering from a so-called "self-genocide." http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/366938.aspx He as also stated that "I want to boldly affirm Uncle TomUncle Tom
Uncle Tom is a derogatory term for a person who perceives themselves to be of low status, and is excessively subservient to perceived authority figures; particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people....
. The black community must stop criticizing Uncle Tom. He is a role model." Pastor Boone has also expressed an unconventional view of African-American slavery
Slavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
in the United States writing "I believe that slavery, and the understanding of it when you see it God's way, was redemptive."
He has particularly been critical of those sympathetic to the Gay Rights Movement for comparisons between the Gay Rights Movement and the African-American Civil Rights Movement
Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was...
http://www.wellingtonboone.com/about/interviews/gaymarriage700club.htm. He called it the "Rape of the Civil Rights Movement" http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Wellington_Boone_040704.aspx
Boone has made a number of controversial statements that some deemed to be critical of homosexuals, supposing that he called them "faggots" and "sissies" at the 2006 Values Voter Conference, however the actual transcript reveals that his context was entirely about "people who don't stand up for principles." He challenges all men everywhere to stand up for what they believe in, and not use intimidation and coercion to force their views on others (which it appears that he feels that many gays do).
He was one of 86 prominent evangelicals to urge action on global warming http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/national/08warm.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print.
Publications
- Black Genocide http://wellingtonboone.wbmresources.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=65
- Woman! You Are A Kingmaker! http://www.wellingtonboone.wbmresources.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=3&idproduct=6
- Your Wife Is Not Your Momma: How You Can Have Heaven in Your Home (ISBN 0-385-49417-3)
- Breaking Through http://www.wellingtonboone.wbmresources.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=3&idproduct=1
- My Journey With God
- The Low Road to New Heights http://www.wellingtonboone.wbmresources.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=3&idproduct=3